The evolution of the motor car over the last 100 or so years has been punctuated by frequent design developments; some obvious and others more subtle. One thing that has remained fairly consistent is ...

BRAKE PADSRemovalPosition the vehicle onto the lift and release the parking brake. Remove the rear wheels before releasing the parking brake cables. Now remove the lower calipers’ stud mounting bolts, ...

At some point vehicles fitted with electric parking brakes will have to go through an MOT test. Normally, the tester will test a conventional parking brake on a roller brake tester by applying the bra ...

Hydraulic circuitBleedingWarning: during bleeding, always pour new and clean brake fluid inside reservoir.■ Connect the bleed pipe to the bleed screw.■ Ensure the other end of the pipe is positioned i ...

Q. I have a question regarding rear brake drums on a Peugeot 106. I have just purchased a pair of TRW drum brakes (part no: DB4160), and want to re-use the bearing from the original drums as there is ...

Q. Is there a right and wrong way to fit brake pads that have a pad spring fitted to the top of the pad as opposed to those without?A. Most definitely yes! If you have a set of four pads – two with sp ...

There are two types of EPB system design that are in use: the first is the ‘cable puller system’, and the second is the ‘calliper type’ system, which we’ll outline here. ...

Judder is one the most annoying faults that can occur with braking systems, and if a customer comes in complaining about it, you can be sure they definitely want a cure. They’ll probably describe puls ...

The sound of brake squeal is like nails on a chalk board for vehicle owners and the garages tasked with eliminating the problem. When a customer returns to a garage complaining of brake noise after wo ...